S05 E29 - Soheil Nazarian (University of Texas-El Paso)

On Director's Cut, Geo-Institute Director Brad Keelor interviews G-I members about anything and everything. You might hear about their favorite geotechnical project, their favorite music, or their favorite pie. In Episode 29 of Season 5, our guest is Soheil Nazarian of the University of Texas at El Paso, the 2024 Carl L. Monismith Lecturer! SHOW NOTES: - Here's the Ken Stokoe Geo-Legends episode with the story about the same flight! Starts at 49:21! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUsxd-buzKk - Here's info on the ERC on infrastructure electrification: https://erc-assoc.org/content/erc-advancing-sustainability-through-powered-infrastructure-roadway-electrification - UTEP even has a page about the geography of the El Paso region! https://www.utep.edu/onewater/our-region/geographic-focus.html - ASCE Student Membership is, and always has been, FREE! https://www.asce.org/communities/student-members - Info on the Southern Plains Transportation Center - UTEP is a part of it: https://www.sptc.org/ - Watch Soheil's 2024 Monismith Lecture here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqkUL2ltHl8 The Geo-Institute is a technical society with about 12,000 geotechnical engineers and geologists as members. Find out more or join at http://www.geoinstitute.org. Music courtesy of very cool Seattle band Head Like A Kite. Song is Director's Cut from the 2010 album Dreams Suspend Night. Check them out at http://www.headlikeakite.com.